Kaye

That unique sinking feeling you get when an old online friend starts posting positive things about LLM use

Setting up a new smartphone, and it's kind of stunning how bad even mobile Firefox has gotten with the sponsored content and AI shite

I mean Firefox is still the only halfway acceptable browser so it's not like I have a choice

But still

Hard to take pictures like this, but #eclipse

My million-dollar startup idea: A service that tells you if a given movie (or book, series, etc.) has an ending that destroys all the stakes of the story ("it was all just a coma dream / a fictional story / etc.") and is therefore a gigantic waste of time

End of support for W10 has been pushed back again, lmao

CREATIVITY WIN: The local weird church group has gone back to posting flyers with bad old clip art, instead of AI-generating them

A creature enters the Deutsche Bahn. At a later time, in a different place, the creature exits the Deutsche Bahn. In between, the creature exists in a place where mortal logic does not apply, and both time and space move in unpredictable ways.

I have opinions on landlords, which will not come as a surprise to you. But I will say that at my current place there's an arrangement in place with a maintenance company that is reasonably quick and professional about - well, maintenance. It's actually and genuinely not so bad.

An incredibly funny thing about trying to learn new languages as an adult is that, if I struggle to recall a word in the new language, there's a risk it'll come out French

"You didn't X, you Y. Sentence fragment. And adverb? That's not adjective — that's full hashtag mode."

I've made the decision that Outside is just not an option for the next long while. Call me when it's 10°C colder and there has been like a week of rainfall

When I was in high school, one of the Burger Kings in my city had a coin-operated internet terminal. I still think about that sometimes, because this is one of these really insanely specific technologies that could only exist during like a two-year window in the 2000s

i'm none biney

Hey so what does it mean when the bourgeois press starts running headlines like "MARX SAW IT COMING"

Sometimes I look at apartments I could afford to buy in cities where I could imagine living. I think at this point the landlords are just taking the piss with the pictures they post.

This is from a real apartment listing

When you're half-listening to something moderately interesting and then the speaker jumpscares you with the "you're not X, you're not Y — you're Z" sentence construction

The Star Fox series being exclusively reboots is actually a really deep and cutting bit of commentary on the cyclical nature of war, actually

Problematic fave: Noticing a lot of red flags here at the Labour Day rally

I needed pixel art emoji for a thing and they had to have a pretty specific resolution and I couldn't find any existing assets that worked, so I am making do

Ah yes, the first real outbreak of summer weather, when there's suddenly lots more heat and light. I don't thrive in warm weather at all, but the sudden shift always makes me nauseous and headachey for a solid week. Which isn't *great*

Channel that rarely uploads has a new video: :blobcat_surprised:

It's a stream vod: :blobcat_weary:

How I sleep knowing I don't work for DENIC

How do hydras work

Regarding the state of - well, you know, more or less everything

Sudden intense desire for a custom "NO AI" or "CERTIFIED AI-FREE" stamp and an ink pad to go with it. So I can start stamping and certifying things

Visiting $big_city today, seems it's CSD weekend. Lots of people being happy and colourful in public, that's always nice to see. Saw a few partial fursuits too (braver than the troops in this weather)

I have now completed a project to challenge the gods themselves (switching out the kitchen faucet)

So it turns out the only consistent way to get Linux to *actually* use the dedicated graphics card, instead of the on-board one, is to just disable the on-board one in the BIOS. Good to know.

KI-Slop auf den Folien bei einer ansonsten faszinierenden Präsentation in der Lightning Box 1 :( #rp26

My old home region is objectively pretty desolate, but I still like visiting, because our one real city does actually have a certain bleak charm

Looking forward to the cool sky thing later today, current plans are to make a bit of a trip of it and go to a local observatory

Had a really good time at #rp26 as always - lots to think about, many cool people. A badly needed boost of energy.

Two wishes I have for #rp27: The conference should ditch Facebook and Google as corporate sponsors; and talks should not include "AI" slop illustrations.

#republica

Seeing the spoilers for the upcoming MtG Marvel crossover set has been... certainly something.

There seem to be at least four different characters dedicated to extolling the virtues of the United States? I knew about Captain America and Iron Man, but there's also "USAgent" and "Patriot" now? How many of these goddamn things does the franchise need?

These days, tech & cultural conferences feel a lot like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, but this one's nice so far

Having a grumpy one today. -w-

Some days are just write-offs. Sucks when that happens. But some days you can't really do anything except putter around and go back to bed.